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ثالِث
third /ˈθaː.lɪθ/
adjectiveA1#602 most common
Also: third one, tertiary, third party
Example sentences
هٰذا هو اليوم الثالِث.
This is the third day.
أسكن في الطابق الثالِث.
I live on the third floor.
فاز فريقنا بالمركز الثالِث في المسابقة.
Our team took third place in the competition.
هٰذه هي المرة الثالِثة التي أزور فيها هٰذا المتحف.
This is the third time I have visited this museum.
يُعَدّ هٰذا الكتاب الجزء الثالِث من سلسلة طويلة.
This book counts as the third volume in a long series.
لجأ الطرفان إلى طرف ثالِث محايد لحلّ النزاع.
The two parties turned to a neutral third party to settle the dispute.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثالِثٌ | ثالِثونَ |
| Genitive | ثالِثٍ | ثالِثينَ |
| Accusative | ثالِثاً | ثالِثينَ |
| Vocative | يا ثالِثُ | يا ثالِثونَ |
Word family
ثلاثةthree
ثُلُثa third (fraction)
مُثَلَّثtriangle
ثلاثونthirty
الثلاثاءTuesday
Etymology
ثالِث is the ordinal built from the Semitic root ث-ل-ث (th-l-th), the root for the number three. Arabic forms ordinals from three upward with the active participle pattern fāʿil, so the cardinal ثلاثة (three) yields ثالِث (third). The root is shared across the Semitic family, where the same consonants carry the sense of three.
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